Manju, Kurian; Dr.Prathapan, S; Dr.Sugunan, S(Cochin University Of Science And Technology, February 15, 2004)
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Abstract:
The present work is oriented to obtain a comparative evaluation of the
physicochemical properties and catalytic activities of iron, aluminium and iron aluminium
mixed pillared montmorillonites and their transition metal exchanged analogues.
Reactions of industrial importance like Friedel Crafts alkylations, catalytic wet peroxide
oxidation of phenol and MTBE synthesis have been selected for the present study. The
thesis is structured into seven chapters. First chapter deals with a brief introduction and
literature survey on pillared clays. Second chapter explains the materials and methods
employed in the work. Results and discussions on the characterisation techniques are
described in the third chapter. The subsequent three chapters describe the catalytic
activities of pillared clays in the industrially important reactions. Last chapter comprises
the summary of the investigations and the conclusions drawn from the earlier chapters
Description:
Department of Applied Chemistry
Cochin University of Science and Technology